"The man is drinking water."

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Yes, all Hebrew pa'al construction ל״ה verbs with a "weak" root, i.e. having ה as their third radical (=ending in ־ה) (e.g. רואה, רוצה, שותה,etc) are spelled the same way in the Masculine and Feminine Singular.

They are however always pronounced differently, as they take different niqqud vowels — which are seldom used in modern Hebrew orthography:

The 2nd radical (="consonant") of the Masculine Singular carries a Segol [ ֶ ], which stands for the phoneme /e/ before the ה.

The 2nd radical (="consonant") of the Feminine Singular carries a Kamatz [ ָ ], which stands for the phoneme /a/ before the ה.